What is CPU? What are its functional units?

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What is CPU? What are its functional units?


Central processing unit which is also known as CPU is the brain of the computer. It is the hardware that interprets and executes the program instructions and coordinates how all other devices work together.

Functional units:

-Control Unit
-Arithmetic Logic Unit
-Registers

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